Korean J Anesthesiol.  2006 Oct;51(4):415-420. 10.4097/kjae.2006.51.4.415.

The Comparison of Transfusion Practice and Prognosis according to Transfusion Guidelines of Packed Red Blood Cells in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

• Kwon MA
• Jeong JW
• Park KH
• Yang MK
• Kim CS
• Cho HS
• Lee SM

• KMID: 2045357
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2006.51.4.415

Abstract

< 0.001); the Hb was > 10.0 g/dl in group B (minimum Hb 10.4 g/dl). The rate of bloodless OPCAB increased from 2% to 57%. There was a similar number of blood restorations and wastage, incidence of wound infections, bleeding, arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, sudden death, length of the ICU stay and postoperative admissions in the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS
With the new transfusion guideline, number of P-RBC preparations and transfusions was decreased significantly without an increase in the incidence of complications.

Keyword

blood transfusion; complications; OPCAB

MeSH Terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Blood Transfusion
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*
Death, Sudden
Erythrocytes*
Hemorrhage
Incidence
Myocardial Infarction
Prognosis*
Transplants*
Wound Infection